劉備借荊州
liú​bèi​jiè​jīng​zhōu

Liu Bei borrows Jingzhou

  1. 刘备 劉備 liú​bèi
    Liu Bei
    Liu Bei (161-223), a famous warlord and the founding emperor of the kingdom of 蜀汉 shǔ​hàn during the Three Kingdoms period.
  2. 借 jiè verb
    to borrow
    to borrow something for a period of time; to take a loan
  3. 荆州 荊州 jīng​zhōu
    Jing Province
    One of the thirteen provinces (刺 cì史 shǐ部 bù) of the Han dynasty, covering present-day Hubei, Hunan, and parts of Henan; a strategic region during the Three Kingdoms period